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D.C. Computer Services:
- PC & Mac Computer Support
- Computer Training
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- Website Development
- Network Administration
- TV / Home Theater Install
- Music Studio, Video Studio and Photo Studio Set Ups

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in Virginia, D.C., and Maryland

Find Sustainable Seafood

On today’s Kojo Namdi show on WAMU, the topic was Local Seafood Markets & the Gulf Oil Spill.
Sheila Bowman of the Monteray Bay Aquarium said that they created a Seafood Watch iPhone app for people to easily find what seafoods are considered good and bad from a fish sustainability perspective. It’s a simple program for [...]

Track Gulf Oil Spill on Google

Google added recently the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill to their Crisis Response site.  It has overlay maps with satellite images, closures, news, etc.

Support Remote Computers with Zoho Assist

At Tech DC we occasionally provide remote computer support and take over someone’s desktop to fix a problem. My favorite tool for this is the previously mentioned UltraVNC SingleClick. This requires the remote user to click on an executable to allow me to view their desktop.
A new tool that I started using is Zoho Assist. [...]

iPad International Data Plan from AT&T

Here are the international data plans from AT&T for the iPad 3G introduced yesterday in the US.
Expensive bits.

Use Google Email with your Domain

Google email works with name@gmail.com, but you could also use name@yourcompany.com. To do this, you sign up for Google Apps, which is offered in Standard (Free) and Premier Editions. Go to: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/

There are a couple of ways to do this:
The simplest is to choose “I want to buy a domain” which allows you to buy [...]